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W. F. QUIGLEY.

FELT BOOT; I No. 373,305. I Patented Nov. 15, 1887.

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WILLIAM F. QUIGLEY, OF ANAMOSA, IOWA. I

FELT BOOT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,305, dated November 15, 1887.

I Application filed April 27, 1-987. Serial No. 236,301. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. QUIGLEY, a citizen of the United States, resident at Anamosa, in the county of Jones and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvemenls in Felt Boots; and I do declare the foltion of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make'and use the same,.reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of this invention and is a perspective view. Fig. 2 is a modification. Fig. 3 shows the broad strap as it is cut or stamped out.

The invention relates to improvements in felt boots such as are worn in connection with overshoes, the objects being to prevent the overshoe from cutting the leg of the boot at the shoe-opening and to provide means whereby the boot may be quickly and easily removed from the foot.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts, as hereinafter setforth and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a felt boot of ordinary construction, and B a broad strap around the leg of the boot just above the foot and covering the part which the top or edge of the overshoe tends to cut. The said strap is of leather, rubber, or other suitable material, and may be either secured permanently to the boot or detachably connected thereto by buttons and corresponding button-holes, or by any othersuitable and wellknown-means.

C is a loop-strap made integral with the strap 13, and extending from its lower edge under the heel of the boot.

The loop-strap C may pass below the foot, as shown in Fig. 1, or may depend behind the heel, as shown in Fig. 2. fication the side of the strap 0 adjacent to the boot is preferably attached by stitching or otherwise to the under surface of the heel, to prevent the strap from being turned up when the overshoe is drawn on. The said strap 0 serves as a finger-hold or for the insertion of a rod or boot-hook, and by its aid the boot can be drawn from the foot quickly and readily.

The strap B, lying between the leg ofthe boot and the edge of the opening of the overshoe, prevents the latter from cutting the former.

The compound strap, as described, is simple in construction and effective in use.

Having described my invention, I claim- The combination, with a felt boot, of the broad strap B, extending around the leg of the boot just above the foot, and the long strap D,

made integral with the part B and extending from its lower edge under the heel of the boot, substantially as specified- In testimony whereof I afflx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM F. QUIGLEY. \Vitnesses:

G. M. BROWN,

GRACE DENISON.

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